App Dev Worksheet: Accessibility
Developer's tip (Design for everyone): Our rule: text is at least 16 px; every icon has a text label for screen readers. Add captions to videos; never use colour as the only clue. Big touch targets and strong contrast help everyone.
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- 1.♿ Accessibility means an app works for ___. (a) nobody (b) only the coder (c) everyone (d) only experts
- 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) text that can grow (b) captions on videos (c) colour as the only clue (d) labels on every icon
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tiny tap areas (b) text that can grow (c) colour as the only clue (d) fast-flashing lights
- 4.♿ Why add captions to videos? (a) so anyone can follow (b) to add colour (c) to slow them down (d) to hide the sound
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5.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 19 px
Footer: 27 px
Caption: 19 px
Menu: 10 px (a) Body text (b) Menu (c) Footer (d) Caption - 6.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: strong colour contrast? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 7.♿ A screen has 6 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) strong colour contrast (c) captions on videos (d) labels on every icon
- 9.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) icons with no labels (b) labels on every icon (c) colour as the only clue (d) tiny tap areas
- 10.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) strong colour contrast (c) icons with no labels (d) text that can grow
- 11.True or false: “big touch targets” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
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12.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. How many texts on this screen are too small?
Label: 11 px
Body text: 22 px
Menu: 15 px - 13.♿ A screen has 9 icon buttons. Only 5 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 14.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) big touch targets (b) tiny tap areas (c) fast-flashing lights (d) icons with no labels
- 15.♿ What should every icon-only button have for screen readers? (a) a bright colour (b) a text label (c) a sound (d) a long animation
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16.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Hint: 13 px
Label: 18 px
Body text: 28 px (a) Label (b) Body text (c) Hint -
17.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Body text: 13 px
Caption: 17 px
Footer: 27 px
Label: 24 px (a) Label (b) Footer (c) Caption (d) Body text - 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) labels on every icon (b) big touch targets (c) sudden loud sounds (d) strong colour contrast
- 19.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) tiny tap areas (b) icons with no labels (c) captions on videos (d) sudden loud sounds
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) strong colour contrast (b) labels on every icon (c) tiny tap areas (d) big touch targets
- 21.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: fast-flashing lights? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 22.True or false: “captions on videos” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 23.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: sudden loud sounds? (a) helps everyone (b) makes it harder
- 24.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) text that can grow (b) labels on every icon (c) strong colour contrast (d) tiny tap areas
- 25.♿ What does a screen reader do? (a) reads the screen aloud (b) takes photos (c) plays music (d) makes text tiny
- 26.True or false: “big touch targets” makes the app harder to use. (a) True (b) False
- 27.True or false: “sudden loud sounds” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
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28.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Footer: 24 px
Hint: 18 px
Caption: 19 px
Body text: 13 px
Menu: 26 px (a) Body text (b) Hint (c) Caption (d) Footer -
29.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Caption: 14 px
Footer: 22 px
Hint: 27 px
Title: 25 px (a) Footer (b) Hint (c) Title (d) Caption - 30.Which of these helps everyone use the app? (a) sudden loud sounds (b) colour as the only clue (c) tiny tap areas (d) strong colour contrast
- 31.True or false: “tiny tap areas” helps everyone use the app. (a) True (b) False
- 32.♿ A screen has 5 icon buttons. Only 1 of them have a text label for screen readers. How many still need a label?
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) icons with no labels (b) captions on videos (c) sudden loud sounds (d) fast-flashing lights
- 34.True or false: “labels on every icon” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 35.♿ Does this help everyone, or make the app harder to use: tiny tap areas? (a) makes it harder (b) helps everyone
- 36.True or false: “labels on every icon” helps everyone use the app. (a) False (b) True
- 37.True or false: “strong colour contrast” makes the app harder to use. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these makes the app harder to use? (a) captions on videos (b) big touch targets (c) fast-flashing lights (d) text that can grow
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39.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 18 px
Hint: 17 px
Menu: 19 px
Footer: 25 px
Body text: 9 px (a) Hint (b) Menu (c) Body text (d) Title -
40.♿ Our rule: text is at least 16 px. Which text on this screen is too small?
Title: 10 px
Hint: 17 px
Body text: 20 px (a) Title (b) Body text (c) Hint
Answer key
- everyone
- colour as the only clue
- text that can grow
- so anyone can follow
- Menu
- helps everyone
- 1
- icons with no labels
- labels on every icon
- icons with no labels
- True
- 2
- 4
- big touch targets
- a text label
- Hint
- Body text
- sudden loud sounds
- captions on videos
- tiny tap areas
- makes it harder
- True
- makes it harder
- tiny tap areas
- reads the screen aloud
- False
- True
- Body text
- Caption
- strong colour contrast
- False
- 4
- captions on videos
- False
- makes it harder
- True
- False
- fast-flashing lights
- Body text
- Title
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